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   seed

   /sēd/

   noun

   • 1. a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant: "cut open the peppers and remove the seeds" Similar pipstonepitnutkernelgermtechnical:ovule
   • ▪ a quantity of seeds: "grass seed"
   • ▪ the cause or latent beginning of a feeling, process, or condition: "the conversation sowed a tiny seed of doubt in his mind" Similar genesissourceoriginrootstarting pointgermbeginningspotential (for)causereasonmotivationmotivebasebasisfoundationbottomseatfundamentalcorenucleusheartkernelnubessencefons et origoliterary:fountainheadwellspringfount
   • 2. a man's semen. Similar semenspermspermatic fluidseminal fluidmiltejaculateemissionspermatozoavulgar slang:comecumjismjissomjizzspunk
   • ▪ (chiefly in biblical use) a person's offspring or descendants: archaic "as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed" Similar descendantsheirssuccessorsscionsoffspringchildrensons and daughtersprogenyfamilyyoungstersbabiesbroodissueinformal:kidsquiverfulderogatory:spawnarchaic:fruitfruit of someone's loins
   • 3. any of a number of stronger competitors in a sports tournament who have been assigned a specified position in an ordered list with the aim of ensuring that they do not play each other in the early rounds: "he knocked the top seed out of the championships"
   • 4. a small crystal introduced into a liquid to act as a nucleus for crystallization.
   • 5. a small container for radioactive material placed in body tissue during radiotherapy.

   verb

   • 1. sow (land) with seeds: "the shoreline is seeded with a special grass"
   • ▪ sow (a particular kind of seed) on or in the ground: "after seeding forage into the duff, they now have grassland mixed with mature forest"
   • ▪ cause (something) to begin to develop or grow: "severance payouts that help seed their new businesses"
   • ▪ place a crystal or crystalline substance in (something) in order to cause crystallization or condensation (especially in a cloud to produce rain): "potential hail clouds are observed by radar, then seeded by lead iodide fired into the cloud's center"
   • 2. (of a plant) produce or drop seeds: "mulches encourage many plants to seed freely"
   • ▪ (of a plant) reproduce itself by means of its own seeds: "feverfew will seed itself readily"
   • 3. remove the seeds from (vegetables or fruit): "stem and seed the chilies"
   • 4. give (a competitor) the status of seed in a tournament: "Jeff Tarango, seeded five, was defeated by fellow American Todd Witsken"

   Word Origin Old Englishsǣd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaad, German Saat, also to the verb sow1.

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   The meaning of SEED is the grains or ripened ovules of plants used for sowing. How to use seed in a sentence. Do you cede or seed control?

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   Seed definition: the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.. See examples of SEED used in a sentence.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSEED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a small, round or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant can grow: Sow the seeds (= put them in the ground) about three centimetres deep. The chemical will stop all seeds from sprouting (= starting to grow). The farmers grow these crops for seed (= for planting to grow more crops, rather than for eating).

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   A seed is basically a baby plant — it's the way plants reproduce. One tiny sunflower seed can potentially grow into a sunflower that's ten feet tall. Some seeds are just a tiny speck, others a small pod, and still others a cluster inside a fruit.

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   1. botany. a mature fertilized plant ovule, consisting of an embryo and its food store surrounded by a protective seed coat (testa) Related adjective: seminal. 2. the small hard seedlike fruit of plants such as wheat. 3. (loosely) any propagative part of a plant, such as a tuber, spore, or bulb. 4.

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   Definition of seed noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   1. a. A mature plant ovule containing an embryo. b. A small dry fruit, spore, or other propagative plant part. c. Seeds considered as a group: a farmer buying seed. d. The seed-bearing stage of a plant: The grass is in seed. 2. a. A larval shellfish or a hatchling fish: released scallop seed in the bay. b.